A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from allowing five states to ban the purchase of sugary drinks and ...

President Trump has put states on the hook for waste, fraud, and abuse in the nation’s food stamps, known officially as ...

Public assistance, commonly called welfare, and the SNAP program, formerly known as food stamps, are two lifelines that millions of American households depend on to stave off hunger and make ends meet ...

President Donald Trump has agreed to comply with court orders to partially fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The food benefit, commonly called SNAP, goes back nearly a century in the ...

A loophole in the federal SNAP program allows households with significant assets to qualify for aid, diverting resources from ...

The plight of 42 million food-stamp recipients is the federal-government shutdown’s most inflammatory issue. Federal judges ordered the Trump administration to pay food-stamp benefits regardless. Team ...

GOP reforms are paying off as more recipients work or volunteer.